WICHITA - The Wichita State men's tennis team won its fifth straight match with a 5-2 defeat of Oral Roberts Saturday afternoon at Genesis Health Club. Freshman David Cavalcanti remained undefeated in spring dual play with a win at No. 5 singles.
Cavalcanti defeated Matt Tansil 6-1, 6-2, at No. 5 singles, and was one of four Shockers to record singles wins in Saturday's dual. Vlad Marinescu defeated ORU's Oleksandr Kotsuik in a third-set tie-breaker, 4-6, 6-3, 10-7, while Michal Zawadzki won the No. 4 match in a 6-4, 6-2 decision over Andrey Savin. Scott McCormick picked up WSU's only other singles win with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Peter Sullivan in the No. 6 match.
ORU's Dmitry Suslov won a three-set decision over Adrian Chermaci, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 10-7, in the No. 2 match, while Alexander Dargel downed WSU's Jonathan Obrist in the No. 3 match, 7-5, 7-5.
The Shockers swept doubles play. Marinescu and Chermaci defeated Kotsuik and Suslov, 8-1, while Obrist and Zawadzki defeated ORU's Dargel and Savin, 8-4, in the No. 2 match. Cavalcanti and Teivans rounded out the Shocker doubles sweep with an 8-5 win over Tansil and Sullivan.
The Shockers are back in action Saturday when they travel north to take on Nebraska.
Wichita State 5, Oral Roberts 2
DOUBLES
1. Adrian Chermaci/Vlad Marinescu (WSU) def. Oleksandr Kotsuik/Dmitry Suslov (ORU) 8-1
2. Jonathan Obrsit/Michal Zawadzki (WSU) def. Alexander Dargel/Andrey Savin (ORU) 8-4
3. David Cavalcanti/Matt Teivans (WSU) def. Matt Tansil/Peter Sullivan (ORU) 8-5
SINGLES
1. Vlad Marinescu (WSU) def. Oleksandr Kotsuik (ORU) 4-6, 6-3, 10-7
2. Dmitry Suslov (ORU) def. Adrian Chermaci (WSU) 2-6, 7-6 (4), 10-7
3. Alexander Dargel (ORU) def. Jonathan Obrist (WSU) 7-5, 7-5
4. Michal Zawadzki (WSU) def. Andrey Savin (ORU) 6-4, 6-2
5. David Cavalcanti (WSU) def. Matt Tansil (ORU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Scott McCormick (WSU) def. Peter Sullivan (ORU) 6-4, 6-0
-Wichita State-